Hello! Newcomer!
Mark McDonough (Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:06:02 PDT)

Hello Jude,

I am also in Northeastern Massachusetts. I don't grow any tender bulbs,
everything I grow has to be hardy enough to survive outdoors in USDA
Zone 5. Allium is my main focus, although I grow many other things too.

In addition to the weather service site (http://www.noaa.org/) that Arnold
suggested (which I like and use all the time); for tracking a storm the
following site is excellent...
http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current/ ... you can zoom in, pan
around, turn cloud cover on or off, turn radar/rainfall on or off, and
it gave a much more useful constantly-updated view of the recent
Hurricane Earl stormtrack than any other site. As you know, the
hurricane ended up missing Massachusetts and fizzled out to a tropical
storm... barely even got any much-needed rain here.

Mark McDonough
Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border, USDA Zone 5
antennaria@charter.net
http://www.plantbuzz.com/